UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY · 2026-06-04

Global health and foreign policy: accelerating the fight against diseases driven by social determinants of health

A/RES/80/265 · Adopted 4 June 2026

Urge countries to tackle the social conditions that drive preventable disease.

The General Assembly called for faster action on diseases linked to social determinants of health, the living conditions that shape health outcomes. Adopted on 4 June 2026 by 161 votes to 3, with 4 abstentions. The board uses eight verified recorded country positions, not guesses about their motivations.

Overall recorded result

For: 161
Against: 3
Abstain: 4

These are totals for the full recorded vote. The country table below shows only the eight countries in our puzzle dataset. An absent country is not counted as abstaining.

Selected countries at a glance

For the eight countries in our puzzle dataset:

FOR: India, China, United Kingdom
AGAINST: United States, Argentina, Russia
ABSTAIN: Israel, New Zealand

Eight recorded country votes

These eight countries are the selected Eight Votes challenge, not the complete UN voting roster. The vote alone does not establish a government’s motive or its position on the broader subject.

Selected country votes on A/RES/80/265
Country	Recorded vote
Argentina	AGAINST
China	FOR
India	FOR
Israel	ABSTAIN
New Zealand	ABSTAIN
Russia	AGAINST
United Kingdom	FOR
United States	AGAINST

Source and context

UN recorded plenary vote ↗ (external source)

Resolution A/RES/80/265 ↗ (external source)

Official resolution document ↗

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